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20 Jun 2022, 19:30
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Hi Experts,
Looking for some advice here. Attached is my error log for CR, SC, and RC. I am attempting easy questions for now so that I can fine-tune my approach.
How should and how frequently should I analyze the questions that I've attempted? I know that I should often review the questions that I get wrong and questions that I took a considerable amount of time to solve. However, I also want to analyze the questions that I get right so that I can get the most of out my prep, but I am going to be flustered with a lot of questions to review if I keep on solving more questions. Therefore, I am thinking of committing my weekends towards only review. Let me know what you think.
I am using @ChiranjeevSingh's mega-compilation-of-4000-unique-official-GMAT-verbal-questions. For now, I am solving only easy questions to hone my skills, and I am planning to gradually move my way up to hard-level questions. The goal is to improve/maintain accuracy while lowering the time to solve the questions.
Looking for some advice here. Attached is my error log for CR, SC, and RC. I am attempting easy questions for now so that I can fine-tune my approach.
How should and how frequently should I analyze the questions that I've attempted? I know that I should often review the questions that I get wrong and questions that I took a considerable amount of time to solve. However, I also want to analyze the questions that I get right so that I can get the most of out my prep, but I am going to be flustered with a lot of questions to review if I keep on solving more questions. Therefore, I am thinking of committing my weekends towards only review. Let me know what you think.
I am using @ChiranjeevSingh's mega-compilation-of-4000-unique-official-GMAT-verbal-questions. For now, I am solving only easy questions to hone my skills, and I am planning to gradually move my way up to hard-level questions. The goal is to improve/maintain accuracy while lowering the time to solve the questions.
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20 Jun 2022, 21:43
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Hi Vegita.
I think your goal in reviewing verbal questions should be to get to the point of totally getting a question and why all five choices are incorrect or correct. Once you understand those things, then I would think, in most cases, you're done with the question.
So, if you get those things the first time you deal with a question, maybe you don't have to review the question any more.
An exception would be a case in which you had a lot of trouble with a question, in which case it might make sense to continue reviewing that question to remind yourself of the things you need to do to get questions correct at test pace.
I think your goal in reviewing verbal questions should be to get to the point of totally getting a question and why all five choices are incorrect or correct. Once you understand those things, then I would think, in most cases, you're done with the question.
So, if you get those things the first time you deal with a question, maybe you don't have to review the question any more.
An exception would be a case in which you had a lot of trouble with a question, in which case it might make sense to continue reviewing that question to remind yourself of the things you need to do to get questions correct at test pace.
21 Jun 2022, 17:04
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Hi Vegita,
You ask a good question - and reviewing prompts that you have previously gotten wrong (as well as those that you have correctly answered) is an important aspect of the overall GMAT training process. The broader issue is what exactly you are doing when you conduct this type of review. Depending on the type of Verbal questions you're reviewing, you might be focused on reviewing Grammar/Idiom rules or logical patterns in CR/RC or even why certain types of answer choices are incorrect. You should NOT be simply reviewing questions just to see whether you remember what the correct answer is or not; reviewing the 'process' of answering each question is what matters (re: how can you use the 'steps' needed to answer this one question so that you can correctly answer similar questions in the future). If you're clear on the process (and you can remember to use it again in the future whenever it applies), then it stands to reason that you can stop reviewing that particular question.
Before I can offer you any additional advice for your studies, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:
Studies:
1) How long have you studied? How many hours do you typically study each week?
2) What study materials have you used so far? What “brands” of CATs/mocks have you used?
3) On what dates (or approximate dates) did you take EACH of your CATs/mocks and how did you score on EACH (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)?
Goals:
4) What is your overall goal score?
5) When are you planning to apply to Business School and what Schools are you planning to apply to?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
Contact Rich at: Rich.C@empowergmat.com
You ask a good question - and reviewing prompts that you have previously gotten wrong (as well as those that you have correctly answered) is an important aspect of the overall GMAT training process. The broader issue is what exactly you are doing when you conduct this type of review. Depending on the type of Verbal questions you're reviewing, you might be focused on reviewing Grammar/Idiom rules or logical patterns in CR/RC or even why certain types of answer choices are incorrect. You should NOT be simply reviewing questions just to see whether you remember what the correct answer is or not; reviewing the 'process' of answering each question is what matters (re: how can you use the 'steps' needed to answer this one question so that you can correctly answer similar questions in the future). If you're clear on the process (and you can remember to use it again in the future whenever it applies), then it stands to reason that you can stop reviewing that particular question.
Before I can offer you any additional advice for your studies, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:
Studies:
1) How long have you studied? How many hours do you typically study each week?
2) What study materials have you used so far? What “brands” of CATs/mocks have you used?
3) On what dates (or approximate dates) did you take EACH of your CATs/mocks and how did you score on EACH (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)?
Goals:
4) What is your overall goal score?
5) When are you planning to apply to Business School and what Schools are you planning to apply to?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
Contact Rich at: Rich.C@empowergmat.com
